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Accident

FAA accident report · Raven S55A · Upper Makefield, PA · June 14, 1980

Date
June 14, 1980 · 20:00 local
Place
Upper Makefield, PA
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N57069
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FHA16
Reported as
Raven S55A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
78 total68 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Passenger exited balloon too soon after touchdown & it became airborne again, causing 2nd landing to be hard.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER EXITED BALLOON TOO SOON AFTER TOUCHDOWN & IT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, CAUSING 2ND LANDING TO BE HARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.